the devil you know. . .

it seems that a strange coalition of democrats with spines and right-wing nutjobs have forced Ms. Meirs out of a Supreme Court position. the inevitable question: what awaits us in her wake?

the sound of silence

i agree with Tim Grieve on the impending silence from Ms. Miers in her Senate Hearings. why does this woman scare me so very much?

"Senators won't be able to ask Miers questions based on her prior judicial decisions or her scholarly writings on the constitution because no such things exist. They won't be able to ask her questions based on the written advice she has given the president because he won't turn over such documents. They can ask Miers about discussions she's had with the president, but she'll almost certainly invoke either executive privilege or the attorney-client privilege. They can ask about her views on issues that matter to a lot of Americans -- abortion, gay rights, the war on terrorism -- but she'll almost certainly refuse to answer on the ground that such issues might come before the court. And they can ask about the role her religious faith may play in the judicial decision she might make, but some of their colleagues may shout them down -- as they have before -- with charges of religious bias."

(from October 5, 2005 "War Room" post at Salon.com, Tim Grieve.)